9.63.1 Top new questions this week

9.63.1.1 Should one ever use \bigskip?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696696

I am wondering whether one is ever justified in using \bigskip in LaTeX (specifically in overleaf)? I have recently drastically reduced my use of it, due to my teacher's recommendation. But I tend to ... 
[paragraphs] [vertical-spacing]
 

asked by Ben123 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=304672 Score of 10

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 Score of 16

9.63.1.2 Is Computer Modern 12 pt an exact scaled version of 10 pt? If not, how to scale?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696553

I have always felt that the 10 pt font looks nicer than 12 pt, either in PDF or printed. The 12 pt looks taller (in other words the 10pt looks fatter). 
My questions are: 
Is the 12 pt font a scaled ... 
[fonts] [computer-modern]
 

asked by f10w https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24048 Score of 8

answered by wipet https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=51799 Score of 16

9.63.1.3 Drawing only in Spy magnifying glass

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696673

I would like to be able to draw something into the spy magnifying glass without drawing it in the main picture (e.g. to add specific annotations into only the zoomed version of the picture). 
Why this ... 
[tikz-pgf] [spy]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by mranvick https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=222633 Score of 8

answered by Qrrbrbirlbel https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=16595 Score of 3

9.63.1.4 l3keys equivalent of pgfkeys' .code 2 args

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696754

What is the recommended way to emulate pgfkeys' /.code 2 args (or more generally /.code n args) handler with l3keys? For example, with pgfkeys one can do 
\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{pgfkeys} 
... 
[expl3] [pgfkeys] [key-value] [l3keys]
 

asked by mbert https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=208544 Score of 7

answered by Joseph Wright https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=73 Score of 6

9.63.1.5 LaTeX3 - Advice on a code to validate an ISO date

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696749

The following code is a POC showing a way to validate one Julian date in "pure" LaTeX3: it is related to this question. 
There is no doubt that this code contains some clumsiness. Any advice ... 
[latex3] [code]
 

asked by projetmbc https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=6880 Score of 6

answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 6

9.63.1.6 Why do I get the "TeX capacity exceeded" error with the tcolorbox package

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696897

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\cprotect\subsubsection{\verb|For a package I wrote|} 
\url{schemabloc -https://ctan.org/pkg/schemabloc} 
 
\begin{TEXTWinline} 
I extracted from the ... 
[tikz-pgf] [tcolorbox] [texcapacity]
 

asked by rpapa https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5355 Score of 5

answered by cfr https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=39222 Score of 2

9.63.1.7 Alignment problems with regression table and math in heading

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=696772

I have a problem with the alignment of the commas in a regression table. Due to the fact that I also have mathematical expressions in the heading, other solutions I found do not work. 
Is it still ... 
[tables] [math-mode] [tabularx] [alignment] [booktabs]
 

asked by herry.23 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=299261 Score of 5

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 Score of 2